Re: This Fri.25.Feb, HEC **356** reading: Markov Chains continued
R. Paul Wiegand
week is in HEC 356 (not 456).
R. Paul Wiegand.
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 10:38 AM, R. Paul Wiegand <rpwi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> We decided to rearrange the Algorithm & Theory Group schedule slightly
> to accommodate the fact that we must be in HEC 356 next week. We're
> going to continue our discussion of Chapter 11 from the "Introduction
> to Probability" text, on Markov Chains:
>
> Chap. 11, in http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chance/teaching_aids/books_articles/probability_book/book.html
>
> Following that, we'll take a two-week hiatus because of the session
> break, then Gautham and Abdulluah go, in that order. Specifically,
> the upcoming schedule so far is:
>
> * Fri.25.Feb HEC 356 reading disc.: rest of Chap 11.
> * Fri.4.Mar - Pre-BREAK, NO MEETING
> * Fri.11.Mar - SPRING BREAK, NO MEETING
> * Fri.18.Mar HEC 118 Gautham Anil (TBD)
> * Fri.25.Mar HEC 118 Abdullah Al Mahmud (approximation algorithms?)
>
> Left unscheduled so far are:
>
> * Fri.1.Apr HEC 118 ??
> * Fri.8.Apr HEC 118 ??
> * Fri.15.Apr HEC 118 ??
> * Fri.22.Apr HEC 118 ??
>
> Finals begin April 26, so I guess we'll leave well enough alone after
> April 22. I'm willing to give one more lecture ... maybe classical
> stuff on weak graph coloring (if that's of interest to the group);
> however, I'd *PREFER* not to do so on April 1 or April 8 because those
> two weeks will be high-stress weeks for me for other reasons.
>
> This means I need at least three more volunteers: One for 1.Apr, one
> for 8.Apr, and one for either 15.Apr or 22.Apr.
>
> For those of you who have not volunteered yet, you might take a play
> from those who've already gone: Put yourself on the hook for
> explaining something that you WANT to know more about yourself.
> Remember that you do not have to be an expert ... it's a constructive
> audience.
>
> R. Paul Wiegand.
>
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